“Painting, for me, when it really ‘happens’ is as miraculous as any natural phenomenon=as say, a lettuce leaf. By ‘happens,’ I mean the painting in which the inner aspect of man and his outer aspect interlock. One could go on forever as to whether the paint should be thick or thin, whether to paint the women or the square, hard-edge or soft, but after a while such questions become a bore. They are merely problems of aesthetics, having only to do with the outer man. But the painting I have in mind, painting in which inner and outer are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subjects and moves into realm of the inevitable=then you have the lettuce leaf.” – Lee Krasner